Aurore Clément

Aurore Clément (; born 12 October 1945) is a French actress who has appeared in French and English language movies and television productions.

Early life She was born Marie-Thérèse Aurore Louise Clément in Soissons. Following the death of her father while she was still a young girl, she worked to support her family. For a time, she modeled in Paris. Since her appearance in Louis Malle's 1974 film Lacombe Lucien, she has been cast in many roles in over five decades.

Career Clément has appeared in more than 80 films and is most often remembered as the character Anne in the film Paris, Texas (1984), which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Her first appearance in a U.S. movie was in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979). Her scenes—a long sequence involving French former colonists—were cut from the film in its original release but restored in 2001 in the Redux version. When Coppola called her for the role she spoke no English. She has said that she did not know that her scenes were cut before she saw the finished film for the first time, more than two years after the filming.

In France, Clément made her stage debut in 1988 with The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, adapted from George Moore's short story, and won an acting prize from The French Association of Theatre critics. She has been in several plays, including Les Eaux et Forêts and La Dame aux Camélias, for which she was nominated for the Molière Awards (the equivalent of the American Tonys).

Personal life Clément was married to Dean Tavoularis, a movie production designer, whom she had met on the set of Apocalypse Now, until his death in 2026.

Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1974 Lacombe, Lucien France Horn Louis Malle 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Woman on pier Miloš Forman 1976 Caro Michele Angelica Vivanti Mario Monicelli And Agnes Chose to Die Rina Giuliano Montaldo 1977 Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff Michelle Louvier Yves Boisset Le Crabe-tambour Aurore Pierre Schoendoerffer 1978 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna Anna Silver Chantal Akerman Elle The woman Jean-François Jonvelle short Closed Circuit Gabriella Giuliano Montaldo (2) TV movie Alto tradimento Walter Licastro TV movie 1979 Dear Father Margot Dino Risi Lovers and Liars Cora Mario Monicelli (2) Apocalypse Now Roxanne Sarrault Francis Ford Coppola scenes deleted from final film, then added in the 2001 recut Apocalypse Now Redux Good News Ada Milano Elio Petri 1980 5% de risque Laura Jean Pourtalé Anna Aurey Erwin Keusch 1981 Aimée Aimée Joël Farges 1982 L'amour des femmes Zoé Michel Soutter Invitation au voyage The young woman Peter Del Monte The Hatter's Ghost Berthe Claude Chabrol Toute une nuit Chantal Akerman (2) La petite fille dans un paysage bleu Mother Bernard Gesbert TV movie La quinta donna Alexa Mehely Alberto Negrin TV miniseries Cinéma 16 Jeanne Paul Seban TV series (1 episode) 1983 The South Irene Ríos / Laura Víctor Erice Bel ami Madeleine Forestier Pierre Cardinal TV miniseries Deux amies d'enfance Nina Companeez TV miniseries 1984 Paris, Texas Anne Henderson Wim Wenders Quidam Wendy Gérard Marx TV movie Cinéma 16 Sylvie Bernard Dubois TV series (1 episode) 1985 Festa di laurea Gaia Pupi Avati El suizo – un amour en Espagne Richard Dindo Le regard dans le miroir Dora Stern Jean Chapot TV miniseries Une péniche nommée 'Réalité''' Jeanne Paul Seban (2) TV movie

Le livre de Marie| The mother Anne-Marie Miéville short

Farewell Moscow| Elena Mauro Bolognini Succubus| Francoise Patrick Dromgoole TV movie Bonjour maître| Geneviève Séréno Denys de La Patellière TV miniseries

Gemini - The Twin Stars| Maria-Helena Buffington Jacques Sandoz

Comédie d'amour| Marie D. Jean-Pierre Rawson

Stan the Flasher| Aurore Serge Gainsbourg Flight from Paradise| Sarah Ettore Pasculli Non aprite all'uomo nero| Lori Giulio Questi TV movie Il piccolo popolo| Elena Cinzia Th. Torrini TV movie | Laura Cellini Sidney Hayers TV miniseries Fleur bleue| Magali Clément TV miniseries Il giudice istruttore| Dottoressa Ciampini Florestano Vancini TV series (1 episode)

Eline Vere| Aunt Elise Harry Kümel Der Einbruch| Esther Bettina Woernle TV movie La grande collection| Charlotte Pierre Koralnik TV series (1 episode)

Fenêtre sur femmes| Geneviève d'Orlac Don Kent TV movie Solo per dirti addio| Sergio Sollima TV movie Maigret| Aline Calas Serge Leroy TV series (1 episode)

Taxi de nuit| Aurore Beauvois Serge Leroy (2) Marie| Marie's mother Marian Handwerker Pas d'amour sans amour !| Ariane Evelyne Dress Ici, là ou ailleurs| The woman Vincent Loury short La voyageuse du soir| Renée Vermorel Igaal Niddam TV movie Ferbac| Julie Hardouin Roland Verhavert TV series (1 episode)

Joe & Marie| Joe's mother Tania Stöcklin Du poulet| The woman Tatiana Vialle short Passé sous silence| Maria Sandrelli Igaal Niddam (2) TV movie

Facciamo paradiso| Claudia's mother Mario Monicelli (3)

My Man| Woman of the World Bertrand Blier Les faux médicaments| Madame Oger Alain-Michel Blanc TV movie Les alsaciens - ou les deux Mathilde| Mathilde Michel Favart TV miniseries

Nous sommes tous encore ici| Calliclès Anne-Marie Miéville (2) Un homme| Clothilde Robert Mazoyer TV movie

For Sale| Alice Laetitia Masson Week-end !| Sophie Arnaud Sélignac TV movie Papa est monté au ciel| Roseline Jacques Renard TV movie

C'était là depuis l'après-midi| Stéphane Metge short Chasseurs d'écume| Liliane Denys Granier-Deferre TV miniseries

La Captive| Léa Chantal Akerman (3) Jet Set| Nicole Chutz Fabien Onteniente Love me| Gabrielle's mother Laetitia Masson (2) Faites comme si je n'étais pas là| Hélène Olivier Jahan L'été des hannetons| Inge Galtat Philippe Venault TV movie

Trouble Every Day| Jeanne Claire Denis Tanguy| Carole Étienne Chatiliez Les âmes câlines| Christine Thomas Bardinet Léonard de Vinci| Voice-over Jean-Claude Lubtchansky Documentary film

A Private Affair| Madame Siprien Guillaume Nicloux The Repentant| Blonde woman Laetitia Masson (3)

Bon Voyage| Jacqueline de Lusse Jean-Paul Rappeneau Adieu| Dora Arnaud des Pallières Commissaire Meyer| Madeleine Scutz Michel Favart (2) TV series (1 episode)

Tomorrow We Move| Catherine Chantal Akerman (4) The Bridesmaid| Christine Claude Chabrol (2) Happily Ever After| The teacher's mother Yvan Attal Ce qu'ils imaginent| Juliette's mother Anne Théron Victoire| The mother-in-law Stéphanie Murat Pierre et Jean| Geneviève Rolland Daniel Janneau TV movie Zodiaque| Grâce Delaître Claude-Michel Rome TV miniseries

Little Jerusalem| Woman at Mikva Karin Albou

Marie Antoinette| Char Duchess Sofia Coppola Mon frère se marie| Claire Jean-Stéphane Bron Le maître du Zodiaque| Grâce Delaître Claude-Michel Rome (2) TV miniseries Louis la brocante| Clara Wagner Patrick Marty TV series (1 episode) Le président Ferrare| Anne Jacquier Alain Nahum TV series (3 episodes)

Nuage| Marianne Sébastien Betbeder Chute libre| Jeanne Bienvenu Olivier Dorigan short Divine Émilie| Duchess of St Pierre Arnaud Sélignac (2) TV movie

48 heures par jour| Hélène Lecomte Catherine Castel On War| Bertrand's mother Bertrand Bonello Cortex| Marie Nicolas Boukhrief Sans Howard| Evelyne Ricardo Muñoz short

L'insurgée| Christiane Laurent Perreau The Passenger| Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux La vie lointaine| Sébastien Betbeder (2) Pina Colada| Sandrine Miller Alice Winocour short

Pièce montée| Catherine Denys Granier-Deferre (2) Dans ta bouche| Rose Kennedy Laetitia Masson (4) Je suis un no man's land| Philippe's mother Thierry Jousse Petite fille| The mother Laetitia Masson (5) TV movie Double enquête| Hélène Costes Pierre Boutron TV movie La maison des Rocheville| Marie de Rocheville Jacques Otmezguine TV miniseries

Let My People Go !| Françoise Mikael Buch Des vents contraires| Madame Pierson Jalil Lespert L'hiver dernier| Madeleine John Shank

Cornouaille| Odile's mother Anne Le Ny Rondo| Suzanne Olivier van Malderghem Miroir mon amour| Queen Aurore Siegrid Alnoy TV movie 2014 The New Girlfriend| Liz François Ozon 2015 A Bigger Splash| Mireille Luca Guadagnino 2017 Barbara'' Esther Mathieu Amalric